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Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage) (Paperback)
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Short Description for Letter to a Christian NationFrom the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "The End of Faith" comes a new, hard-hitting, and impassioned book that continues Harriss fight against the rigid adherence to Christian religious literalism that is altering the face of this nation.
Full description- Publisher: Vintage Books USA
- Published: 08 January 2008
- Format: Paperback 120 pages
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- Categories: Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects | Religion & Politics | Christian Social Thought & Activity | Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems
- ISBN 13: 9780307278777 ISBN 10: 0307278778
- Sales rank: 7,223
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Full description for Letter to a Christian Nation
From the new afterword by the author: Humanity has had a long fascination with blood sacrifice. In fact, it has been by no means uncommon for a child to be born into this world only to be patiently and lovingly reared by religious maniacs, who believe that the best way to keep the sun on its course or to ensure a rich harvest is to lead him by tender hand into a field or to a mountaintop and bury, butcher, or burn him alive as offering to an invisible God. The notion that Jesus Christ died for our sins and that his death constitutes a successful propitiation of a "loving" God is a direct and undisguised inheritance of the superstitious bloodletting that has plagued bewildered people throughout history. . .

